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+See ./index.html for information about this release. The "Getting Started" 
+section is a useful starting place.
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+---------------------------
+Copyright Beman Dawes, 2008
+
+Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+See ./LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt 
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